Myself
1. What it means to talk about the individual as a personality – uniqueness as a person
2. Relationship of individuals to family & community and the importance of family and community to the people of faith.
3. How does religion respond to the question of ‘who am I'?
4. SoulWord referring to that part of the human which is shared with the sacred or no soul? Meaning of this and relationship to an eschatology.
Sikhs believe that each person is unique as their trackway across life is unique. All humans have the opportunity to enjoy a relationship with GodWord used to describe a personal transcendent Being and from that vantage point humans can have a particular relationship.
The Gurus taught that people should live in families. Nine of the ten human Gurus were married and had families. Sadhsangat or fellowship is also very important as this is regarded as the source of values, emotional support and intellectual guidance for the spiritualA word with many religious connotations, often used to describe a multiplicity of phenomena that would include inner, reflective or emotional experiences, and those aspects of life that give it meaning and depth or which are profoundly moving or aesthetic. journey.
Haumai or 'Am I-ness?' is the fundamental problem. Doubt leads people to fear and from there to self-centredness. This is the key problem of a manmukh or self-centred person. However, the real origin of the self is that it has been made by God and contains the DivineThat which is holy imprint or Shabad. This Shabad or Word is God and is the reason why God is with and in all of us. The Shabad is called the alchemist's stone that can turn us from lead to gold.
The Gurus taught that finally everything turns to God as sparks return to the fire, or waves return to the ocean. Each drop has its own unique relationship to the ocean and this play of union and separation from God is the basis of our Grace-filled and loving relationship: God never abandons us and we always seek Him.
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